Harassment: BMTC suspends officer

A junior officer was caught sexually harassing a female employee inside his cabin at the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) head office. The officer has been identified as Channabasappa, who is with the BMTC developmental unit.

The whole act was recorded on a mobile by one of the employees, after which an internal inquiry was conducted and the officer was suspended. Sources from BMTC told BM that the victim had alleged in front of the inquiry committee that this was not the first time that the officer had misbehaved with her.

Channabasappa has been working in BMTC for 15 years and has allegedly harassed other female employees too. However, the victim has not made any official complaint with the police.

Driver suspended

A BMTC driver was suspended after a video of him driving from the wrong direction went viral a few days ago. A two-wheeler rider identified as Dishank Gowda, parked his bike opposite the BMTC bus at Gorguntepalya and asked the bus driver to reverse and come from the right direction.

The video got two million views. Managing Director of BMTC, Dr NV Prasad told BM, “When the video started going viral, we got to know about the incident. Bus drivers driving on the wrong direction is not acceptable at all.

It can be dangerous for the commuters and pedestrians. We got to know who the driver was. The depot manager was asked to check with the driver what made him do this. We have asked the manager to suspend him.”

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